While Fargo residents are preparing to place more than a million sandbags to prepare for a possible 38-foot Red River flood crest, their neighbors across the river are looking at a much easier chore.

Moorhead, Minn., officials say they will only need 33,000 sandbags at that level.

The National Weather Service says the river has a 50-50 chance of reaching 38 feet in Fargo-Moorhead, which would be 20 feet above flood stage. Engineers typically add 2 feet of cushion in their flood preparations.